Clothes will never be my favorite thing to sell, but they definitely help pay the bills. Whenever I find WHBM I take a second look. I don’t always buy it, but some of their pieces are really pretty, like this dress.

WHBM dress
Paid: $2 @ VV, Sold on sale: $22.95 (11 days after listed)

I bought this jacket at a yard sale last summer where literally EVERYTHING cost a quarter!

So, I was going through a box of old, neglected inventory a couple weeks ago and came across a plush school bus. While doing a bit of research I discovered that Liz, the Lizard from the Magic School Bus, can be a good flip. Check out completeds HERE.

I didn’t find much info on generic looking plush school buses in my research. I honestly have no idea how long I have had it, or how much I paid for it, so I listed it for $14.95, hoping for a quick flip. And quick it was – it sold the same afternoon I listed it.

Which actually jogged a distant memory. I have listed a school bus or two in the past, and they have all actually sold quickly. In fact, I remember one of the buyers e-mailing me asking if I had any other school bus items because he was a collector. And the buyer of the plush above had “schoolbus” as part of their eBay ID, leading me to believe they are also a fan or a collector of school buses. I’m not saying I would buy everything having to do with school buses, but I’d certainly at least give them a second look. Like some of these TOYS. And you can even sell REAL SCHOOL BUSES on eBay. Of course!

After my best months ever in September and October, my sales have dropped off a lot in November and December. I admit though that I have not been listing like I should be. Here are a few of my favorite sales from this month:

Aren’t these pajamas cute?! I love the gnome pattern. I procrastinated listing them for a long time (almost 9 months) because they had a light stain on the top that I couldn’t get out. Finally I just listed them as is, and they sold quickly.

As you can see some of these items sold almost immediately (within a day), and some took a couple years to sell. The plush especially tend to be long tail. But, IMO, almost anything will sell eventually, and I don’t mind waiting for the right buyer to come along.

I’ve started dabbling in auctions. In part just to mix things up, in part because I get 500 free every month and I hate to see them entirely go to waste. A couple weeks ago I pulled a tote of unlisted inventory out of my garage. I was pleasantly surprised to find some really good items in it. One was a vintage Cabbage Patch doll. I don’t know a lot about CPK, but I do know that the soft sculpture (cloth face) dolls sell for the most. I have sold two in the past, for around $75-$100/ea. In the tote I found this doll:

I bought her and another soft sculpture CPK at the same time from a FB kids sales site. I paid $10 for the other doll, and sold it back in September, 2015. It was in excellent condition. This one I only paid $5 for. It was still in nice condition, but had some marks/spots on it, so I procrastinated listing it … for TWO YEARS.

Fast forward to two weeks ago, I listed it at 7-day auction for $49.95. A minute after listing I got an e-mail inquiry asking if I would add a BIN price. Less than a minute after that the listing got its first bid. At first I was a bit both confused and slightly irritated wondering why they bid if they wanted me to add a BIN? Then I realized it was someone else who had bid. Within a couple minutes I had four watchers. Ten minutes after that it was up to 11 watchers. I got several more inquiries about adding a BIN price and one outright asking me to cancel the auction and sell it to them for $250.

I’ve never had an auction with so much interest before. I decided to let it ride.

The most watchers I saw was 65. It ended with 879 views. With one minute to go it was at $202, but it had a bunch of (literal) last minute bids, and ended at $427.18.

The gal who bought her e-mailed me immediately, she was SUPER excited! We traded several e-mails over the past few days. My impression from her is that doll was more sought after than some others because of the hair color and year of production.

And I just got the note below:

Hi Kari, My super cute baby just arrived safe and sound. I love her. I do want to name her Kari Lynn if you don’t mind. We are going to Georgia the end of August. We will only be one hour from BabyLand, so I will take her to bathcamp. I’m a little afraid to try and clean her myself. You can be sure she will have a good loving home. Thank you. Please have a good day. Best Always, xxx

Love the good flip, but also love that the buyer is so happy to have her. ♥

I was at a thrift a couple months ago, and made a second detour through the plush/toy area just before leaving only to discover boxes and boxes and boxes of older Barbie items had just been put out. I looked them all up, and this was the only one worth snagging.

Sesame Street has a new character. Her name is Julia, and she has autism. A very limited number of Julia books and plush have been released. My understanding is that they have all been given out as gifts/prizes, and have not been sold. If you’re lucky enough to find one now, snap it up! Check out completeds HERE.

***In the future I am sure there will be a mainstream store release of Julia items, at which time the value will go down dramatically. I would always recommend looking up “BOLOs” before purchasing, to determine the current value.***

I love these hats. I bought about 15 of them last year (in both tan and blue). I paid 75¢ each, and have sold them for $19.95 each. The tan ones sold quickly. I’ve sold three of the blue hats in the last couple weeks, and only have one left.

NWT Columbia Blue Olympics Cap
Paid: $0.75, Sold: $19.95

And a couple random sales.

The Lego figures below were in a bag I picked up at a thrift.
I gave some of the Legos to my boys, and sold these.

I missed last week, so here are some of my favorite sales from the past two weeks.

Isn’t this bear random? The only reason it even caught my eye is that it was still NWT. I looked it up, and was surprised to find that there were none currently listed, and the couple that had been listed recently both sold.

A new Goodwill opened across town recently, and I had just a few minutes between my boys’ basketball games one Saturday last month, so we stopped in quickly. We found a bunch of NWT Disney Store plush that had been purchased in Japan (the prices were listed in yen). The three characters below are all connected.

I had this set of Sesame Street books listed for several months. I ended the listing, did “sell as similar” adding Best Offer, and they sold a few days later at full price. I actually have another identical set in my office I now need to get listed.

I paid more for this blanket that I generally prefer (and thought about leaving it until an upcoming 50% off day), but decided after looking at completeds that it looked like a good bet. And it was. (Little Miracles is a Costco brand, and one of my favorites to resell.)